Casual Assistants

Bield Housing and Care, Cumnock, East Ayrshire

Casual Assistants

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Bield Housing and Care, Cumnock, East Ayrshire

  • Part time
  • Temporary
  • Remote working

Posted 1 week ago, 26 Oct | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: ce7b6d56b6ae4a219ffa8dcc4c39f490

Full Job Description

Both developments are Retirement Housing with meals properties, located just off Cumnock two centre and within a 15-minute walk from each other. Great location to access local shops and cafes as well as great transport links.

The successful candidates will undertake a range of cleaning duties to ensure that internal communal areas are clean, hygienic and meet the standards expected by our tenants and visitors to the development. You will also assist by preparing the dining room for mealtimes, heating prepared meals and delivering these dishes to tenants.

On occasion, the Assistant will be expected to clean vacant flats and/ or external pathways of the development and provide general and emergency assistance to tenants, as required. In addition you will respond to property emergencies, taking appropriate action when the Manager is off duty and providing cover for the development office as required.

Bield Offer

- Casual Assistant Retirement Housing with Meals hourly rate is GBP 12.21

- We pay 50% of the cost of Disclosure checks

- Flexible working hours including evenings and weekends

Shifts will be offered on a casual basis to cover planned and emergency leave. Ability to accept shifts at short notice would be desirable, however not essential.

Role Requirements

Experience of a similar type of role would be an advantage but is not an essential requirement. You should bring to the role a genuine interest in working with older people, an ability to respond calmly to requests for assistance.

REHIS Elementary Food Hygiene Qualification or equivalent would be desirable. Although relevant experience in a similar post is also desirable, it is not essential as induction and training (e.g. food hygiene) will be provided., Disability Confident
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At Bield our customers are at the heart of everything we do. We are a non-profit organisation with charitable status committed to providing a wide range of housing, care and support services to enable older people in Scotland to live independent and fulfilling lives.

Bield are now seeking Casual Assistants to support cover requirements for planned and emergency leave. This would be a great opportunity for someone who would like to have more flexibility around their working arrangements and or gain experience in social care.

Menzies Court and Glebe & Warrick Court provide a Retirement Housing with Meals Service to tenants, aged 50 and over, who wish to retain their independence but also want to benefit from leaving the worries of making their own meals each day to someone else.